Consultant

Role Overview

This consultant position focuses on delivering advisory expertise and innovation support to promote business expansion, enhance organizational innovation maturity, and underpin strategic decision-making. The role emphasizes driving innovation initiatives, fostering cross-stakeholder collaboration, and cultivating an innovation-centric culture via structured methodologies and continuous improvement programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert innovation advice and strategic guidance to various business units and stakeholders to uncover growth opportunities.
• Assist in formulating and executing innovation strategies aligned with company goals.
• Identify and prioritize key innovation areas for strategic focus.
• Manage and oversee innovation programs, tracking key performance indicators, progress, impact, and return on investment.
• Evaluate program outcomes and recommend enhancements to ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Facilitate ideation activities and innovation campaigns organization-wide.
• Maintain idea repositories and assist in evaluating ideas based on feasibility and business value.
• Support the management and continuous development of the Ideas Bank for capturing, assessing, and prioritizing innovative ideas.
• Conduct research and analyze innovative concepts; support proof-of-concept and pilot initiatives with actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to identify innovation opportunities and support ecosystem initiatives.
• Lead workshops, ideation sessions, and design thinking exercises to foster innovation culture and employee participation.
• Track innovation metrics, prepare analytical reports, and provide insights to optimize program effectiveness.
• Perform market research, trend analysis, and benchmarking on innovation practices and emerging technologies.
• Support intellectual property activities by identifying potential innovative inventions and coordinating patent processes.
• Represent innovation capabilities at events, conferences, and customer engagements.
• Adhere to departmental policies, safety, quality, environmental standards, and information security protocols.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Innovation Management, Strategy, Engineering, IT, or related areas.
• Between 4 to 6 years of relevant experience in innovation, strategy, business consulting, transformation, business analysis, or advisory roles.
• Experience with innovation programs, workshops, idea management, research efforts, or strategic project support.
• Proven ability to engage stakeholders, conduct detailed analyses, and formulate practical recommendations.